Comic #5488: numbers-2

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Description

Comic Title: KNOW YOUR NUMBERS:

Top Left Box:

• Label: RATIONAL:
• Description: CAN BE EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF WHOLE NUMBERS.
• Examples:
  • 1/2
  • 3/5
  • 22/7
  • 298/17087

Top Right Box:

• Label: IRRATIONAL:
• Description: CANNOT BE EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF WHOLE NUMBERS.
• Examples:
  • π
  • e
  • φ
  • √2

Bottom Left Box:

• Label: INSCRUTABLE:
• Description: LOOK LIKE REGULAR NUMBERS, BUT ARE PROBABLY NOT.
• Examples:
  • 4
  • 12
  • 18
  • 'fourth'
  • 'twelfth'
  • 'hun bunred'

Bottom Right Box:

• Label: UNMENTIONABLE:
• Description: WHOLE NUMBERS WITH WIENERS DRAWN ON THEM.
• Examples:
  • 25
  • 17
  • 2.6
  • 53

(Note: Actual visuals of the numbers may include additional embellishments that aren’t transcribed here, but this captures the text accurately.)